NGS 21, Shearwater, May 1965

Abstract

This item consists of a folder of data collected at sea by Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program staff, 1965, on Northern Grid Survey 21 aboard the U.S.N.S. Shearwater. The Northern Grid Survey covered a fixed grid in the Pacific Ocean, to the south of the Hawaiian Islands. Materials include: bird observation data, fix data, at sea daily observations summary sheets, and climatological data. Bird observation sheets include time, species, #, dir., hgt., remarks, and loc. Remarks include phase (light phase or dark phase), change or course direction, and other notes. Fix data sheets include date, time and position data, distance data, time of fix, type of fix, longitude, and latitude. Daily observation summary sheets include abundance summary data for birds including abundance of bird groups (Shearwater-Petrel-Albatross group, Tropicbirds, etc.). Climatological data sheets include: recorded time, lat., long., pres wea, vis, slp, dry b, wet b, dew pt, hum%, tl sky, opa sky, waves, sea temp, wind s, wind d, course, speed. Also included is a typed photocopied report.

Date Range

1965

Start Date

May 04, 1965

End Date

May 24, 1965

Access Information

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Topic

• Animals
• Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program
• Birds
• Ornithology

Place

North Pacific Ocean

Form/Genre

• Fieldbook record
• Field notes

Accession #

SIA RU000245

Collection name

National Museum of Natural History, Pacific Ocean Biological Survey Program, records, circa 1961-1973, with data from 1923

Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Smithsonian Institution Archives

Sublocation

Box 122 Folder 5